You can drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have
Tuesday June 13, 12:30 -3:30
Wednesday June 14, from 9AM -10:30 and 12:30 - 3:30
The Regents exam is Thursday June 15 from 12:30- 3:30 in the Gym (please be there at 12:15 with pencils and a calculator). Room 401 is the conflict room and room 415 is for special location or directions read. It is 3 hours long. If you get extended time, report to the extended time room .
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.
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PS 4.8 The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday June 6
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a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804.
Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work. Stamp Thursday,
b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808.
What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays?
Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809. Stamp Friday.
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814.
Tell the difference between fusion and fission.
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Movie with sub: 3 new things about Modern Physics you learned from the movie "Elegant Universe".
Thursday in class: online practice on UTexas in computer room 205: sub will take you there from 324. Counts as a homework: 80% right gets full homework points. If you finish early, study using the Notes & Study page
Test on Tuesday. See Notes & Study page
Lab 4.9 on Curved Mirrors & Lenses is due Friday May 19.
PS 4.7 Quantum Mechanics due Tuesday May 23 {50 pts}
#1 Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics? #2 Quantum Leap Max Planck'Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
(Stamp Friday) #3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
3. Read Chapter 27 beginning on page 722.
After reading, answer #29-35, 37, 38 on page 742. (50 pts)
Test Thursday part 1, then Tuesday part 2 all on Curved Lenses & Mirrors , Images and Modern Physics.
Test part 2 Tuesday: Free response; explain, define, draw, measure with protractor, calculate etc. Anything we learned on light and color and scientists who made the discoveries is testable.
Test on Light and lab due Monday May 15
PS 4.6 Optics Due Friday 5-11
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a. UTexas assignment online Waves 1. (40pts for 80% correct )
If you missed the Tuesday night deadline, I've moved the dates to allow late submission until Saturday night. Solutions open Sunday morning.
b. . Do the book work on looseleaf that sub gives you in class on Weds (stamp Thursday) 60 pts
Refraction Chapter 18 Read pages 484-487. Show all work in solving problems #1-5 on page 487. You can look up the values of each index of refraction “n” on page 486.
Reflection Chapter 17 Read pages 456-463. Answer the “Mastering Concepts” questions from page 478 # 31-34, 53,54.
PS 4.5 Light 2 Due Friday May 5
Test correction of wrong and skipped questions from test 4.1
2 Worksheets
Introduction to Light * Ch 16 due on Wednesday May 3.
Read Chapter 16 on Light.
a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Thurs 4/217 (15 pts)
b)Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.Stamp Friday 4/259(25 pts)
Lab 4.6 on Color due Tuesday May 2
Prism Lab due Friday April 28
Lab 4.4 on Water Waves due Monday April 24
Test Weds on Sound and Magnetism
PS 4.3 Waves & Sound due Friday April 21
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pa. ges 381 - 385:
a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Monday) (30pts)
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Tues) ( 10 pts)
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
Lab 4.3 on Tuning Forks due Weds.
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PS 4.2 is about FREE-FORM EXPERIMENTATION with ONLINE SIMULATIONS and is due Friday April 7 . Try some simulations from the Phet website on electricity and magnetism at
Directions: Write on a piece of paper what you learned from the ones you try. Print out one of the simulations and explain what is happening in it. I expect evidence that you were fully engaged in these simulations the whole time you had class withe the sub today,and will grade it accordingly.
Lab 4.2 on Investigating Magnetic Fields due Friday as well.
PS 4.1 MAGNETISM Due Friday 4/7 Book work 80pts Test Corrections 20 ptsa. Read pages 642 - 647. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p.664 #33,35, 36, 37. Stamp Mondayb. Read about "Electromagnetism" pages 648-658c. Answer assessments: p. 665 #59, 60, 61, 62 (These are typical, Regents-style questions) any 2 for stamp Wednesdayd.Correct both Test 3.3 and 3.4 (if you already submitted it, just restaple it into this week's problem set for credit.
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Weekend homework:
Lab report 4.1 on the Fuse is due Monday.
Stamps Monday for starting the first 4 questions below on Magnetism.
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Lab 3.6 Parallel Light Bulbs due Thursday Mar 30
PS 3.8 Complex Circuits (Series & Parallel): Friday Mar 31
Circuit Test Friday
a) Get 85% correct on the UTexas Simple Circuit assignment by Monday night 3/27 to get the full 40 homework points.
Read from the new packet on Series & Parallel Circuits below
a. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday) (Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly)
b. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday) c. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391.Correct test 3.2
Lab 3.3 E Maps due Monday March 13
Raffle Thursday March 16th
Test on Voltage & Current on Friday March 17th
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P.S. 3.6 VOLTAGE due Tuesday March 14
a) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572
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b)Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Tuesday)
c)Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html (stamp Wednesday)
d) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Thursday)
e) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
IF there is a Snow Day Tuesday, add this and hand in the next day FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf
THEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388.
Test Friday on everything we have learned about electricity.
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PS 3.5 Electrostatics II Due Thursday, March 2nd
a. Correct Test (10pts)
b Watch these videos online on electricity and write/draw from the videos as described below. (40 points) Stamp Monday
On looseleaf, copy the problem and solution on the force between 3 protons and an electron.
Try to understand all 4 problems done,but you don't have to copy them.
d. Read about Electric Fields on pages 563-565 1,2,3. (20pts)
Problem Set 3.4 * Ch.20 Static Electricity
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All work and lab this week is due Friday
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a. Read pp. 541-545. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p. 558 # 23,24, 25, 26.
(Stamp for 2 problems started on Tuesday. Stamp if 4 problems done by Wednesday)
b. Read pp. 546-551. Solve problem # 9 & 10 on p. 552
c. Mastering Problems p. 559 # 42, 43, 45
d. New work to do in class with sub on Thursday:
Read any pages you haven't read yet in Chapter 20.
Answer questions 27, 31 and 35 on page 558
Problem Set 3.3 Momentum Due Friday Feb 10 .
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. stamp Weds. (30 pts)
b. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238. (30 pts)
c. UTexas on Momentum due by Friday night (40 pts if 80% correct)
Lab on Momentum due Monday
For the last 10 points Go to https://wikispaces.com/join/FHX7DD9
Use the following joincode
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This will allow you to access mysuperfiles wikiwhich we will use for some assignments and extra credit in the second semester,
Set up a username and password like you did with ScienceofStarWars last semester.
Don't do any of the tasks yet....just sign in and save your password for later use.
Finish UTexas on Energy by Monday night. If you want to get ahead, start reading Chapter 9 on Momentum.
Problem Set 3.2 Springs & Energy
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Due Monday Feb 6.
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points)
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b> Do the 2 sided free response with graphs from handout. (20 points)
c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power (50 points)
Problem Set 3.1: Midterm Corrections to be done by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Find a time when you can drop by my room to finish it in the next couple of weeks.
Corrections go on separate looseleaf, showing solutions to any midterm questions you didn't get right, justifying your answers and or explaining your mistake.
Extra Help Hours for Midterm in Room 324 Monday and Tuesday : 9:00 am to 10:00 AM and 1:00-2:00 PM.
Midterm in Gym Weds Jan 25th, 12:30- 3:30.
Students who get a special location should report to room 423 instead of the gym.
PS# 2.8 Work & Energy.......... due Thursday Jan 19. This is the last assignment in marking period #2,
Read pp. 257-265.
a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 16)
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Wednesday Jan 7)
c. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #17, 18, 20, 23 on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work.
We will go over the midterm material and how to prepare for it on Thursday and Friday. If you want to start early, go over old tests, chapter 2 only of the purple review book and use the links at the Notes & Study page. All the review material and onlinelinks are still there .The topics we are doing this week since the last test are not on the midterm ( no Springs, Energy, Work, Power, Momentum or Impulse).
The 2 labs on springs and pulleys are dur Friday Jan 13.
a. Finish the UTexas on Gravity by Friday night Jan 6. 80% right gets you the full 50 points, so you don't have to get everything right the first time through. The 50 points counts as the second half of problem set 2.7 on Gravity that you already handed in.
b. Finish the Gravity Regents packet (17 Questions) with answers justified in the right column for Monday Jan 9.
Test Thursday Jan 12 on Circles and Gravity
Pendulum Lab and PS 2.6 GRAVITY due after break, Tuesday Jan 3
Extension: I will take the lab on Weds for full credit
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Book work (50pts)
We are skipping the beginning of the Gravity Chapter.
A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178. Answer #74,75, 78 and 83 on pp. 192-193.(Stamp Weds) 40 points
B. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the moon. Show all work. (10 pts)
pping the beginning of the Gravity chapter.A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178.
C. Test Corrections on test 2.3 on Projectiles
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If you have a chromebook, go to the Chrome store and download Pasco's Sparkvue software before Wednesday's class. We will use it for a lab Weds. The link to download is
BOOK WORK {50 pts}
a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156.
b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work.
c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work)
Stamp for each part (a,b,c) that is done by Friday.
d. UTexas : closes Tuesday night. {You get all 50 points once you get 80% correct}
e. Test Correction ; later (10 pts)
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Problem Set 2.4 Projectile Motion Due Monday Dec 12th
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Test Corrections: {Stamp Tuesday}
Book work { 90 pts} is below:
Start reading Chapter 6 Motion in 2-Dimensions
First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. {Stamp Wednesday} if done up to here.
Next read pp 150-152.
2. Do problems 4,5 on p. 152 4.
3. Do problem #52 from p. 165.
SKIP pages 153-156.
Finally, read pages 157-159.
4. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159.
5. Solve assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51, 56, 68, 70,75.
Staple in Test with Corrections {10 pts}
PS 2.5 Utexas assignment: Projectiles.
85% correct gets 100 for the homework. It closes Monday night.
PS#2.3 Test Review * Test Weds, hand in work Friday
Complete practice sheets that we do in class in preparation for Wednesday's test on 2D vectors
a. Inclined Plane at 80 degrees {10 pts}
b. Multiple choice Assessments Part A & C from last week's vector packet. { 40 pts}
Answers are on Notes & Study page.
c. Thursday in class: Read the beginning of Chapter 6, pages 146-149.
1. Define the following in your own words: trajectory, projectile.
2. How does figure 6.1 with the 2 baseballs on page 148 show "Independence of Motion on 2 Dimensions". (stamp Friday)
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Read pages 131-135 in the red textbook over the break to learn how to analyze inclined planes. There is no written work to do over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Test on Forces at Angles Wednesday Nov 30. Practice using the multiple choice in last week's packet. I will post answers after Thanksgiving. It is not required homework; just test prep.
Hand in lab report on Inclined Plane and PS 2.2 by Tuesday, November 22.
PS 2.2 Forces at Angles
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Start reading this packet on Vectors given out in class. A copy is below:
Note: Use a ruler and protractor for any problems that say "solve graphically"
Problems to be done on looseleaf (90%)
Stamp Wednesday for reading up to page 33 and doing TRY IT #1on page 31 and #2 (a & d only page 33).
Stamp Thursday for reading up to 35 and doing TRY IT #4 a,b, & c only on page 35
Stamp Friday for reading up to 37 and doing TRY IT #5 on page 37
"Try Its" #6,7,8 on page 39.
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Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
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Test Tuesday 11/15 on Forces. Practice real problems we did or those on my Notes & Study Page.
Start Utexas on Forces on Wednesday in class. It closes Friday night. 80% correct gets you 100 for the first problem set of the new marking period.
Lab #2.1 on String Tension due Election Day, Tuesday November 8.
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Week 8: Chapter 4 (and part of 5) on Forces due Friday Nov 4th.
Lab on friction due Tuesday.
a. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Wednesday) Show formulas, work and full solutions with units for the following problem at the end of Chapter 4:
b. page 113 #59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 68 (Stamp Thursday)
c. Elevator problem #69 on page 113 (refer to p, 98-99 if you need to review apparent weight in an elevator).
d. page 114 #75, 77, 79, 80 . Draw these problems first and make a free body diagram before writing equations,
Nothing is due Monday, Make a really cool costume for Halloween and prep for Color Week.
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It isn't just Halloween. The Saturday before Halloween is also HALLOWEEN COMICFEST at your local comic shop. Participating stores give out free comics published by comic companies specially for that day. Comic Warehouse in Pearl River should have them.
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Week 7: FORCE
Lab #7 on Measuring Forces due Thursday, October 27.
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PS #5 Force * Due Friday Oct 28 I. Test Corrections (10 pts)II. Book work {80 pts} Read Chapter 4 on Forces. Answer as you read........||
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In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 with free-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp Weds)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
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Monday Oct 17th UTexas work in class with a sub . Bring your user name and password and chromebooks if you have one. Login to UTexas and begin the new assignment. Have reference tables out. You need to pick one of the first 5 equations to solve each problem. It is due online by Wednesday night. Tuesday I will answer any questions about questions people are finding difficult.
Test Friday Oct 21 on using the 5 kinematic equations. See Notes &Study page for practice.
The lab report on ROCKET is due Tuesday Oct 18th.
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Week 5 PS #4 Chapter 3 Acceleration due Friday, Oct 14
Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
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PS#3:Graphs with UTexas in 2 parts
a) UTexas assignment #2 on Distance-Time Graphs closes Wednesday night October 5th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
b) UTexas assignment #3 on Speed -Time Graphs closes Thursday night October 6th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
Week 3 : Graphing Motion
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PS#2 Distance-Time Graphs, Due Friday Sept 30th
a. Start reading Chapter 2 up to page 39. Do problems 9 and 11 on p. 39. Stamp Monday b. Do problem #12, 13 (stamp Tuesday) c. Read pages 40-41, then answer questions 14-18 on page 41(stamp Weds) d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts) e. Finish the worksheet we started in class "How Fast?" (10 pts). An extra copy is below:
Lab #4 on Distance-Time Graphs due Monday 9/ 26. Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
Test Friday 9/25 on everything we've done so far. Those absent or on field trip will finish the test during the next double period class.
Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.
Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Friday)
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* Lab #2 Walking Speed due Monday
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* UTexas homework on Units & Measurement is due by 11:59PM Monday night (I extended it) . Solutions will open up the next morning. You get 100 for homework if you try all the questions until you get them right.
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* Test #1 will be Wednesday Sept 21 on units, measurement and motion.
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Week 1&2 : Introduction
Problem Set #1: Due Thursday Sept 15
a) Get the parent letter intro signed by your parent from last week. Staple it into the homework you will hand in (10 pts),
b) The students should read and sign the Classroom Rules & Procedures sheet handed out on 9/13 (10 pts)
c). Bookwork: Problem Set #1 (click on it) It involves reading the first chapter of textbook with bookwork done on looseleaf. (80%)
Extra credit stamp if the first 6 questions are done early by Wednesday.
If you have a chromebook or laptop, please bring it to class on Monday, Sept 12
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Lab #1: Write a good copy of the lab report . Due Monday Sept 12
Lab #1: To Determine the Thickness of a Page: I want you to come up with a way to measure the thickness of one page of your Physics textbook as accurately as possible using nothing but a ruler. Think of how you can minimize the error involved. If you haven't a clue where to start, this movie might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7txxf-bCps
Read this before you write your good copy and proof read your scrap copy for error.
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Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) happen each day at 3pm in room 324 or 325 from June 14 (Tuesday), 15, 16, 17 and Monday June 20th (the day before the exam).
You can also drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have from 9AM -10:30 on Tuesday 6/14 or Thursday 6/16 or Monday 6/20
or from 1:00-2:00 PM on any day before the exam except Friday..
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review for the full Regents examination.
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The Regents exam is Tuesday June 21 from 12:30- 3:30 in the Gym (please be there at 12:15 with pencils and a calculator). It is 3 hours long. If you get extended time, report to the extended time room .
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PS 4.4: The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday May 31 (85 pts)
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804. Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work.(stamp Tuesday) b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808. What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays? Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809.(stamp Weds)
No Homework Weds night due to the rebirth of the DC universe
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c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814. Tell the difference between fusion and fission. (stamp Thursday) d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this. e. Test Corrections (15 pts)
Tuesday: Try to finish up this work today. I will give 1,2 or 3 stamps on Wednesday depending on how much you have done. This, plus test corrections (and the multiple choice worksheet that we will finish together tomorrow) will be due Thursday as Problem Set 4.3. We will test Modern Physics on Friday. If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
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Bring earbuds on Monday & Tuesday for online video clips in computer room 205. I will be out at a teaching conference.
Monday & Tuesday,May 16-17:
Online videos:If you have earbuds, start watch these six 5-minute online videos, and answer on looseleaf the question listed next to the link as you finish each one. This may take more than one period, so if you dont have a double period you can finish it Tuesday.
#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class. #7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"? Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?
Book work: start this if you have a double period today; you can finish it tomorrow with the sub.
Read pages 747-748: Tell what the diagram on the bottom of page 748 is trying to show.
Read pages 749-751. What is the difference between the emission spectrum and absorption spectrum of sodium shown on the bottom of the page?
How are they similar to each other?
How did the existence of these spectra change our understanding of the atom in modern physics?
Read pages 752-754.What is the diagram on the right side of page supposed to show about atoms and light?
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1. Tony Stark has developed some stealth armor for occasions where he needs to avoid being detected. Read through issue #152 and describe the physics principles he uses to remain undetected. Explain why they are or are not plausibleIMM#152 Stealth Armor.pdf
2. On the 2nd and 3rd page, Virgil mentions “plasma” and “lightning balls”. These are real electrical phenomena. Search for some information on them and, in a few sentences, tell what they are.
3. Tell 2 things that SS does by controlling his electromagnetic field in this story. Decide whether each of these seems to conform with or violate what you know about electricity and fields and justify your decision.
If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Labs #4.7 (Curved Mirror & Lenses) , #4.8 (Color Mixing) and #4.9 (Casting Images) due
Friday May13th.
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If you want to get ahead of next week's work, start reading chapters 27 on Quantum Theory and 28 on Atomic Physics and start correcting the last test on light.
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Test on Magnetism and Waves Weds April 20
PS 4.1 Waves & Sound due Tuesday April 19
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pages 381 - 385:
a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Tuesday) (30pts)
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Weds) ( 10 pts)
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
d) Score 80% on the UTexas test review on magnetism & Waves by 6pm Tuesday for 20 pts.
e) Test Corrections (10pts)
BONUS Signed grade report (+1 bonus point)
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Lab 4.1 on Tuning forks and 4.2 on Water Waves due Friday 4-15.
Current, Power & Resistance Due Weds March 9FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf THEN on looseleaf,
a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388. (first stamp on Friday)
b. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday)
(Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly)
c. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday)d. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391.e. Test Corrections
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Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
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P.S. 3.3 VOLTAGE due Monday 2/29
a) Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html
Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through. (Stamp Weds).
b) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572 (Stamp Thursday)
c) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Friday)
d) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
Lab 3.4 Equipotentials & E Fields due Tues Mar 1
Test 3.2 on Weds Mar 2: Electric Fields, Current and Voltage
Lab 3.3 on the Generator due Friday Feb 26
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Lab on Charging the Electroscope due Weds Feb 17
Problem Set 3.2 Chapter 21 Electric Fields Due Monday Feb 22
a. Correct test 3.1 b. Read pp. 562-564. Answer questions #1-3 on p. 565. Stamp Weds c) Read pp. 566-572. Answer questions #21-22 on p. 572 Stamp Thurs d) Read pages 573-577. Answer questions #61 & 62 on page 585. Stamp Fri e) Answer questions 44-47 at the back of rthe chapter, page 584.
Test Thursday Feb 11 on Electrostatics. Lab reports due Friday
Problem Set 3.1 * Ch.20 Static Electricity * Due Tuesday Feb 9
All of the Jan 19-22 work and optional Star Wars extra credit is due by Friday Jan 22 (close of marking period)
Collision lab: due Weds
Problem Set 2.8 Momentum Due Jan 29th and counts for 3rd marking period.
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. stamp Tuesday.
b. Test corrections.
c. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238. Stamp Thursday
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Problem Set 2.7 Conservation of Energy Due Weds
Read pages 285-287, the do problems #1 and 2 on page 287 (stamp Monday)
Read pages 288-290, then do problems 4 & 5 on page 291.
Read pages 291-296, then do problems 15 & 16 on page 297 (stamp Tuesday) Test on Energy THURSDAY . .
Lab 2.9 on POP-UP TOY duer FRIDAY
Extra credit due last day of quarter (before midterm week begins)
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Problem Set 2.6 ENERGY & WORK Due Friday Jan 8.
Read pp. 257-265.Then do each part for 25 points each.
a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Monday Jan 4) - 25 pts
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 5) - 25 pts
c. Test Corrections (25 pts)
d. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #18- 22, on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work. 25 pts
c. UTexas in class Monday 50 pts for getting 75% correct.
Monday; Hand in lab and problem set.
Tuesday: TEST on Circles & Gravity
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Projectilwe LAB due Friday
PS 2.3
The National Science Foundation is offering a contest for students to create a comic strip or video about a superhero with nanotechnology-enabled gear
See http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/gennano/
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Test 2.1 on Monday 11/23 on Vectors in 2D.
Extra help sessions added Friday before and after school and Monday the day of the test from 7:45 -8:15.
Lab 2.4 Inclined Plane due Friday Nov 20
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Parent teacher night message for parents:
Because I teach college on Tuesday nights, I can't be at the Tuesday night parent-teacher meetings. Please let your parents know that if they would like to meet or talk, they can email me and we can arrange an alternative opportunity to meet.
Thanks
Lab 2.3: Fan Cart : Force on Angles due Monday , Nov 16
Lab on String Tension at Angles due Thursday Nov 12.
Problem Set FORCES part II: due Tuesday Nov 10. It counts as the first Problem Set in Quarter 2
a. Test #3 Correction (including skipped #3) (10 pts)
b. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Monday Nov 2).(40 pts)
c. UTexas. Get at least 70% correct on FORCES 2 by 4pm Tuesday ( 50 pts if 70% correct)
Last week of marking period 1:Test #4 on Friday Nov.6.
Lab #7 on Springs due Monday, October 26.
Test on Forces on Thursday October 29th.
Be able to explain and apply Newton's 3 laws of motion. Everything we've learned about forces in class is testable. Power points are posted on the Notes & Study page as well as extra practice questions with answers.
Utexas on FORCES due Tuesday night by 11PM NY Time (midnight Texas). 80% correct gets you a 100 as a problem set #5 grade.
Office hours this week will be Tuesday & Weds 3:00- 3:330 pm.
If you didn't take test #2 Tuesday, be ready to take it Thursday in class.
TEST #2 on TUESDAY Oct 13th See Notes & Study page for review materials.
Its on solving problems with all 5 motion equations and using graphs of distance vs time and speed vs time and Isaac Newton. Week 5: Rocket Lab Due Wednesday Oct 7th
PS #2: Read Chapter 2. Due Monday Oct 5th
a. 3 problems from last week (already stamped) 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (10 pts)
b. 3 worksheets to be given out in class. Stamp Friday for sheet #2 ("Study Guide : fill-ins). the 3 shetes are posted by clicking here (60 pts)
c. On looseleaf, do "standardized test practice" #1-7 on p. 55. Justify each multiple choice answer with a sentence or equation. (20 pts)
d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts)
3 worksheets to be given out in class. Stamp Friday for sheet #2 ("Study Guide : fill-ins). the 3 shetes are posted by clicking here (60 pts)
Week 3 : Motion
Lab #4 on Motion Graphs due Monday 9/ 28. Conclusions are all the patterns in what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
Test Friday 9/25 on everything we've done so far. Those absent or on field trip will finish the test during the next double period class.
Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.
Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Friday)
You can drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have
Tuesday June 13, 12:30 -3:30
Wednesday June 14, from 9AM -10:30 and 12:30 - 3:30
The Regents exam is Thursday June 15 from 12:30- 3:30 in the Gym (please be there at 12:15 with pencils and a calculator). Room 401 is the conflict room and room 415 is for special location or directions read. It is 3 hours long. If you get extended time, report to the extended time room .
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review.Stop ***Old Stuff below
PS 4.8 The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday June 6
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804.
Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work. Stamp Thursday,
b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808.
What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays?
Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809. Stamp Friday.
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814.
Tell the difference between fusion and fission.
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Movie with sub: 3 new things about Modern Physics you learned from the movie "Elegant Universe".f. Correct test 4.2 and test 4.3
Extra Credit in the 4th quarter comes from my webpage on the Physics of the Flash at
http://flashphysics.wikispaces.com
To start JOIN my Physics of the Flash page . To access it use the joincode TQTXNXT at https://wikispaces.com/join/TQTXNXT
Thursday in class: online practice on UTexas in computer room 205: sub will take you there from 324. Counts as a homework: 80% right gets full homework points. If you finish early, study using the Notes & Study page
Test on Tuesday. See Notes & Study page
Lab 4.9 on Curved Mirrors & Lenses is due Friday May 19.
PS 4.7 Quantum Mechanics due Tuesday May 23 {50 pts}
#1 Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck'Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
(Stamp Friday)
#3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
3. Read Chapter 27 beginning on page 722.
After reading, answer #29-35, 37, 38 on page 742. (50 pts)
Test Thursday part 1, then Tuesday part 2 all on Curved Lenses & Mirrors , Images and Modern Physics.
Test part 2 Tuesday: Free response; explain, define, draw, measure with protractor, calculate etc. Anything we learned on light and color and scientists who made the discoveries is testable.
Test on Light and lab due Monday May 15
PS 4.6 Optics Due Friday 5-11
a. UTexas assignment online Waves 1. (40pts for 80% correct )
If you missed the Tuesday night deadline, I've moved the dates to allow late submission until Saturday night. Solutions open Sunday morning.b. . Do the book work on looseleaf that sub gives you in class on Weds (stamp Thursday) 60 pts
Refraction Chapter 18 Read pages 484-487. Show all work in solving problems #1-5 on page 487. You can look up the values of each index of refraction “n” on page 486.
Reflection Chapter 17 Read pages 456-463. Answer the “Mastering Concepts” questions from page 478 # 31-34, 53,54.
PS 4.5 Light 2 Due Friday May 5
Test correction of wrong and skipped questions from test 4.12 Worksheets
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This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. To find a local comic book store , see
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/.Problem Set 4.4
Introduction to Light * Ch 16 due on Wednesday May 3.
Read Chapter 16 on Light.a) After reading p. 431-433, define luminous, illuminated, opaque, transparent, and translucent. Stamp Thurs 4/217 (15 pts)
b)Skip pages 434-437. Read "Speed of Light" pages 437-438 and "The Wave nature of Light" pages 439-445. Answer the Assessment questions, p. 452 #24, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36.Stamp Friday 4/259(25 pts)
Lab 4.6 on Color due Tuesday May 2
Prism Lab due Friday April 28
Lab 4.4 on Water Waves due Monday April 24
Test Weds on Sound and Magnetism
PS 4.3 Waves & Sound due Friday April 21
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pa. ges 381 - 385:a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Monday) (30pts)
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Tues) ( 10 pts)
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
Lab 4.3 on Tuning Forks due Weds.
PS 4.2 is about FREE-FORM EXPERIMENTATION with ONLINE SIMULATIONS and is due Friday April 7 . Try some simulations from the Phet website on electricity and magnetism at
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics/electricity-magnets-and-circuitsDirections: Write on a piece of paper what you learned from the ones you try.
Print out one of the simulations and explain what is happening in it.
I expect evidence that you were fully engaged in these simulations the whole time you had class withe the sub today,and will grade it accordingly.
Lab 4.2 on Investigating Magnetic Fields due Friday as well.
PS 4.1 MAGNETISM Due Friday 4/7
Book work 80pts Test Corrections 20 ptsa. Read pages 642 - 647. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p.664 #33,35, 36, 37. Stamp Mondayb. Read about "Electromagnetism" pages 648-658c. Answer assessments: p. 665 #59, 60, 61, 62 (These are typical, Regents-style questions) any 2 for stamp Wednesdayd.Correct both Test 3.3 and 3.4 (if you already submitted it, just restaple it into this week's problem set for credit.
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Weekend homework:
Lab report 4.1 on the Fuse is due Monday.
Stamps Monday for starting the first 4 questions below on Magnetism.
Lab 3.6 Parallel Light Bulbs due Thursday Mar 30
PS 3.8 Complex Circuits (Series & Parallel): Friday Mar 31
Circuit Test Friday
a) Get 85% correct on the UTexas Simple Circuit assignment by Monday night 3/27 to get the full 40 homework points.
Read from the new packet on Series & Parallel Circuits below
b) Answer TRY ITS #1,2,3 on page 238 (Stamp Wednesday) 20 pts
c) Answer Chapter 12 Assessments on p. 238-239 #1-5 (Stamp Thursday) 20 pts
d) Complete questions #6, 8-11 (skip 7)from the same packet: 20 pts.
Test on Circuits Friday March 31.
Lab 3.5 due Friday 3/24
Students who missed last Friday's test will take it in class on Friday 3/24 while the rest of the class does a new UTexas on circuits.PS 3.7 Electric Current
Stamp for part B on Monday March 20. NOT DUE UNTIL Friday March 24.
FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdfa. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday) (Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly)
b. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391.Correct test 3.2
Lab 3.3 E Maps due Monday March 13
Raffle Thursday March 16th
Test on Voltage & Current on Friday March 17th
P.S. 3.6 VOLTAGE due Tuesday March 14
a) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572. (Stamp Monday).
b)Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through (Stamp Tuesday)
c)Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) at http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html
(stamp Wednesday)
d) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Thursday)
e) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
IF there is a Snow Day Tuesday, add this and hand in the next day
FIRST Read the hand out from pages 385-388. If you lost the handout, an extra copy is at http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf
THEN on looseleaf, a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388.
Test Friday on everything we have learned about electricity.
PS 3.5 Electrostatics II Due Thursday, March 2nd
a. Correct Test (10pts)
b Watch these videos online on electricity and write/draw from the videos as described below. (40 points) Stamp Monday
- Electric Charge :
Summarize it in a paragraph in your own words.- Conduction and Induction
Draw on looseleaf the illustration of electroscopes being charged by induction, showing all the steps involving grounding.- Coulomb's Law:
On looseleaf, copy the problem and solution on the force between 3 protons and an electron.Try to understand all 4 problems done,but you don't have to copy them.
- Electric Fields
Summarize what electric fields look like using your own words or drawings.c. Ch20 ElectrostaticsWkshts.pdf (30pts)
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d. Read about Electric Fields on pages 563-565 1,2,3. (20pts)
Problem Set 3.4 * Ch.20 Static Electricity
All work and lab this week is due Friday
a. Read pp. 541-545. Answer "Mastering Concepts" p. 558 # 23,24, 25, 26.
(Stamp for 2 problems started on Tuesday. Stamp if 4 problems done by Wednesday)
b. Read pp. 546-551. Solve problem # 9 & 10 on p. 552
c. Mastering Problems p. 559 # 42, 43, 45
d. New work to do in class with sub on Thursday:
Read any pages you haven't read yet in Chapter 20.
Answer questions 27, 31 and 35 on page 558
Problem Set 3.3 Momentum Due Friday Feb 10 .
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. stamp Weds. (30 pts)
b. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238. (30 pts)
c. UTexas on Momentum due by Friday night (40 pts if 80% correct)
Lab on Momentum due Monday
For the last 10 points Go to https://wikispaces.com/join/FHX7DD9
Use the following joincode
FHX7DD9
This will allow you to access mysuperfiles wikiwhich we will use for some assignments and extra credit in the second semester,
Set up a username and password like you did with ScienceofStarWars last semester.
Don't do any of the tasks yet....just sign in and save your password for later use.
Finish UTexas on Energy by Monday night. If you want to get ahead, start reading Chapter 9 on Momentum.
Problem Set 3.2 Springs & Energy
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Due Monday Feb 6.
a> Read pages 376-377. Answer questions #1-5 on page 378. (30points)b> Do the 2 sided free response with graphs from handout. (20 points)
c) Get 80% correct on the UTexas on Work,Energy & Power (50 points)
Problem Set 3.1: Midterm Corrections to be done by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Find a time when you can drop by my room to finish it in the next couple of weeks.
Corrections go on separate looseleaf, showing solutions to any midterm questions you didn't get right, justifying your answers and or explaining your mistake.Extra Help Hours for Midterm in Room 324 Monday and Tuesday : 9:00 am to 10:00 AM and 1:00-2:00 PM.
Midterm in Gym Weds Jan 25th, 12:30- 3:30.
Students who get a special location should report to room 423 instead of the gym.
PS# 2.8 Work & Energy.......... due Thursday Jan 19. This is the last assignment in marking period #2,
Read pp. 257-265.
a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 16)
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Wednesday Jan 7)
c. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #17, 18, 20, 23 on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work.
We will go over the midterm material and how to prepare for it on Thursday and Friday. If you want to start early, go over old tests, chapter 2 only of the purple review book and use the links at the Notes & Study page. All the review material and online links are still there . The topics we are doing this week since the last test are not on the midterm ( no Springs, Energy, Work, Power, Momentum or Impulse).
The 2 labs on springs and pulleys are dur Friday Jan 13.
a. Finish the UTexas on Gravity by Friday night Jan 6. 80% right gets you the full 50 points, so you don't have to get everything right the first time through. The 50 points counts as the second half of problem set 2.7 on Gravity that you already handed in.
b. Finish the Gravity Regents packet (17 Questions) with answers justified in the right column for Monday Jan 9.
Test Thursday Jan 12 on Circles and Gravity
Pendulum Lab and PS 2.6 GRAVITY due after break, Tuesday Jan 3
Extension: I will take the lab on Weds for full creditBook work (50pts)
We are skipping the beginning of the Gravity Chapter.
A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178. Answer #74,75, 78 and 83 on pp. 192-193.(Stamp Weds) 40 points
B. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the moon. Show all work. (10 pts)
pping the beginning of the Gravity chapter.A. Read pages 175, skip 176, then read p.177-178.
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If you have a chromebook, go to the Chrome store and download Pasco's Sparkvue software before Wednesday's class. We will use it for a lab Weds. The link to download is
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sparkvue/iimbdmgkimpbhimdjnmiffmeefbppijo?hl=en-USProblem Set 2.5: Circular Motion due Tues Dec 20
BOOK WORK {50 pts}a. Read pp. 153-156. Do problem #12, 13 & 15 on p. 156.
b. On p. 166, do # 65 showing all work.
c) p 169 #2 and 4 (show work)
Stamp for each part (a,b,c) that is done by Friday.
d. UTexas : closes Tuesday night. {You get all 50 points once you get 80% correct}
e. Test Correction ; later (10 pts)
Problem Set 2.4 Projectile Motion Due Monday Dec 12th
Test Corrections: {Stamp Tuesday}
Book work { 90 pts} is below:
Start reading Chapter 6 Motion in 2-Dimensions
First read p. 147-149 Then answer the following questions:
1. Do practice problem #1, 2,3 on p 150. {Stamp Wednesday} if done up to here.
Next read pp 150-152.2. Do problems 4,5 on p. 152 4.
3. Do problem #52 from p. 165.
SKIP pages 153-156.
Finally, read pages 157-159.
4. Solve problems 24 and 25 on p. 159.
5. Solve assessment problems on page 164-166 # 51, 56, 68, 70,75.
Staple in Test with Corrections {10 pts}
PS 2.5 Utexas assignment: Projectiles.
85% correct gets 100 for the homework. It closes Monday night.
Spinning Stopper Lab due Monday Dec 19
Test Wednesday 12/14 on P R OJ E C T I L E S. See Notes & Study page
PS#2.3 Test Review * Test Weds, hand in work Friday
Complete practice sheets that we do in class in preparation for Wednesday's test on 2D vectors
a. Inclined Plane at 80 degrees {10 pts}
b. Multiple choice Assessments Part A & C from last week's vector packet. { 40 pts}
Answers are on Notes & Study page.
c. Thursday in class: Read the beginning of Chapter 6, pages 146-149.
1. Define the following in your own words: trajectory, projectile.2. How does figure 6.1 with the 2 baseballs on page 148 show "Independence of Motion on 2 Dimensions". (stamp Friday)
Read pages 131-135 in the red textbook over the break to learn how to analyze inclined planes. There is no written work to do over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Test on Forces at Angles Wednesday Nov 30. Practice using the multiple choice in last week's packet. I will post answers after Thanksgiving. It is not required homework; just test prep.Hand in lab report on Inclined Plane and PS 2.2 by Tuesday, November 22.
PS 2.2 Forces at Angles
Start reading this packet on Vectors given out in class. A copy is below:
Note: Use a ruler and protractor for any problems that say "solve graphically"
Problems to be done on looseleaf (90%)
Stamp Wednesday for reading up to page 33 and doing TRY IT #1on page 31 and #2 (a & d only page 33).Stamp Thursday for reading up to 35 and doing TRY IT #4 a,b, & c only on page 35
Stamp Friday for reading up to 37 and doing TRY IT #5 on page 37
"Try Its" #6,7,8 on page 39.
Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
Test Tuesday 11/15 on Forces. Practice real problems we did or those on my Notes & Study Page.
Start Utexas on Forces on Wednesday in class. It closes Friday night. 80% correct gets you 100 for the first problem set of the new marking period.
Lab #2.1 on String Tension due Election Day, Tuesday November 8.
Week 8: Chapter 4 (and part of 5) on Forces due Friday Nov 4th.
Lab on friction due Tuesday.a. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Wednesday)
Show formulas, work and full solutions with units for the following problem at the end of Chapter 4:
b. page 113 #59, 60, 61, 64, 67, 68 (Stamp Thursday)
c. Elevator problem #69 on page 113 (refer to p, 98-99 if you need to review apparent weight in an elevator).
d. page 114 #75, 77, 79, 80 . Draw these problems first and make a free body diagram before writing equations,
Nothing is due Monday, Make a really cool costume for Halloween and prep for Color Week.
It isn't just Halloween. The Saturday before Halloween is also HALLOWEEN COMICFEST at your local comic shop. Participating stores give out free comics published by comic companies specially for that day. Comic Warehouse in Pearl River should have them.
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Week 7: FORCE
Lab #7 on Measuring Forces due Thursday, October 27.
I. Test Corrections (10 pts)II. Book work {80 pts} Read Chapter 4 on Forces. Answer as you read........||
In this chapter you will read a few pages, study a sample problem, and then try similar problems
.a. Read pages 86-89. Then answer questions #1-5 with free-body diagrams.(FBD)
b. Read pages 90-93. Then aswer questions #6,7. Draw FBD then solve. (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 94-97. Then answer problems #15,16,17 on p 97. Draw FBD then solve.
d. Read p.98-100.. Then answer problems #19-20 on p 100. Draw FBD then solve.(Skip 20 e)
e. Read p.100-104 . Then answer problems #28-29 on p 104. Draw FBD then solve (stamp Weds)
f.. Read p.105-107. Then answer problems #32-33 on p 106. Draw FBD then solve.
g. Do Multiple Choice on pp. 117 #1 and #3-8. You do not have to show work for these. .(Skip #2)
Monday Oct 17th UTexas work in class with a sub . Bring your user name and password and chromebooks if you have one. Login to UTexas and begin the new assignment. Have reference tables out. You need to pick one of the first 5 equations to solve each problem. It is due online by Wednesday night. Tuesday I will answer any questions about questions people are finding difficult.
Test Friday Oct 21 on using the 5 kinematic equations. See Notes &Study page for practice.
The lab report on ROCKET is due Tuesday Oct 18th.
Week 5 PS #4 Chapter 3 Acceleration due Friday, Oct 14
a) Book work (90 pts): see http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/Accelerated+Motion
(stamp Tuesday Oct 11 for doing any 4 questions, second stamp Thursday for 8 questions)
b) Test corrections (10pts)Optional: Watch 3 video clips: the take away -- know what we mean by "free fall", "air resistance" (aka. "drag") and "terminal velocity" .
Freefall part 1 Freefall Part 2Physics of skydiving
No school Monday Oct 10. Happy Columbus Day.
If you are interested in some positive reasons to celebrate Columbus Day see
https://www.osia.org/documents/IAFall09144-Columbus.Lab #5 on Speed-Time Graphs due Thursday 10/ 6.
Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
==== Test Friday Oct 7th on Motion Graphs. Office hoursThurs 3:00-3:30 & 7:30 am- 8AM Friday.====
PS#3: Graphs with UTexas in 2 parts
a) UTexas assignment #2 on Distance-Time Graphs closes Wednesday night October 5th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.
b) UTexas assignment #3 on Speed -Time Graphs closes Thursday night October 6th.
90% score will earn you 50 pts on PS#3 This will allow a few points of wiggle room for wrong guesses and mistakes.Week 3 : Graphing Motion
PS#2 Distance-Time Graphs, Due Friday Sept 30th
a. Start reading Chapter 2 up to page 39. Do problems 9 and 11 on p. 39. Stamp Mondayb. Do problem #12, 13 (stamp Tuesday)
c. Read pages 40-41, then answer questions 14-18 on page 41(stamp Weds)
d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts)
e. Finish the worksheet we started in class "How Fast?" (10 pts). An extra copy is below:
Lab #4 on Distance-Time Graphs due Monday 9/ 26. Conclusions are all the patterns about what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)
Test Friday 9/25 on everything we've done so far. Those absent or on field trip will finish the test during the next double period class.Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.
Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Friday)
* Lab #2 Walking Speed due Monday
* UTexas homework on Units & Measurement is due by 11:59PM Monday night (I extended it) . Solutions will open up the next morning. You get 100 for homework if you try all the questions until you get them right.
* Test #1 will be Wednesday Sept 21 on units, measurement and motion.
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Week 1&2 : Introduction
Problem Set #1: Due Thursday Sept 15
a) Get the parent letter intro signed by your parent from last week. Staple it into the homework you will hand in (10 pts),
b) The students should read and sign the Classroom Rules & Procedures sheet handed out on 9/13 (10 pts)
c). Bookwork: Problem Set #1 (click on it) It involves reading the first chapter of textbook with bookwork done on looseleaf. (80%)
Extra credit stamp if the first 6 questions are done early by Wednesday.
If you have a chromebook or laptop, please bring it to class on Monday, Sept 12
Lab #1: Write a good copy of the lab report . Due Monday Sept 12
Lab #1: To Determine the Thickness of a Page: I want you to come up with a way to measure the thickness of one page of your Physics textbook as accurately as possible using nothing but a ruler. Think of how you can minimize the error involved. If you haven't a clue where to start, this movie might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7txxf-bCps
Read this before you write your good copy and proof read your scrap copy for error.
First lab report due Friday.Those who have been assigned chromebooks, please bring them this Monday Sept 12 and we will use them for some group work on this assignment in class.
Enrichment (not required; optional, I'm not checking this)
Enrichment VideosWatch video clip on Speed and Velocity at
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/College%20Preparatory%20Physics%20I/course%20files/multimedia/lesson01/lessonp.htmlA video just for fun:
"What is Physics?" a little comic relief from Sheldon & Penny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtL5q1IACfoEnrichment websites:
3 from "The Physics Classroom":
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* Old material from previous years **
Review Sessions (Learning Institutes) happen each day at 3pm in room 324 or 325 from June 14 (Tuesday), 15, 16, 17 and Monday June 20th (the day before the exam).
You can also drop into my classroom for one-on-one help with any questions you have from 9AM -10:30 on Tuesday 6/14 or Thursday 6/16 or Monday 6/20
or from 1:00-2:00 PM on any day before the exam except Friday..
Go to my exam review page for lots of good ways to study and review for the full Regents examination.
PS 4.4: The Nucleus Chapter 30 : Due Tuesday May 31 (85 pts)
a. Mass Defect & Binding Energy: Read pages 799 - 804. Answer problems #5 and 6 on page 805 showing formulas and work.(stamp Tuesday)b. Nuclear Reactions: Read pages 806 - 808. What are alpha particles? beta partices? gamma rays? Answer questions 15, 18 on p. 808 and 20 & 23 on p. 809.(stamp Weds)
No Homework Weds night due to the rebirth of the DC universe
c. Fission & Fussion: Read pages 811-814. Tell the difference between fusion and fission. (stamp Thursday)
d. Particle Accelerators: Read pages 815-823. Answer questions #79-82 on page 829. The Standard Model Chart on your Regents Reference Table may help with this.
e. Test Corrections (15 pts)
Tuesday: Try to finish up this work today. I will give 1,2 or 3 stamps on Wednesday depending on how much you have done. This, plus test corrections (and the multiple choice worksheet that we will finish together tomorrow) will be due Thursday as Problem Set 4.3. We will test Modern Physics on Friday. If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Bring earbuds on Monday & Tuesday for online video clips in computer room 205. I will be out at a teaching conference.
Monday & Tuesday,May 16-17:
Online videos: If you have earbuds, start watch these six 5-minute online videos, and answer on looseleaf the question listed next to the link as you finish each one. This may take more than one period, so if you dont have a double period you can finish it Tuesday.
#2 Quantum Leap Max Planck Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.#3 Bohring the Atom Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#5 Pesky Atoms: Briefly, in a couple of sentences, tell what you learned in this video that we did not cover in class.
#7 Atoms have signatures So how do atoms have "signatures"? What is this gadget they used called a "spectroscope"?
Classical Gas: What ideas in classical physics were eventually contradicted by modern quantum physics?
Book work: start this if you have a double period today; you can finish it tomorrow with the sub.
Read pages 747-748: Tell what the diagram on the bottom of page 748 is trying to show.
Read pages 749-751. What is the difference between the emission spectrum and absorption spectrum of sodium shown on the bottom of the page?
How are they similar to each other?
How did the existence of these spectra change our understanding of the atom in modern physics?
Read pages 752-754.What is the diagram on the right side of page supposed to show about atoms and light?
Comics:
Read DC's STATIC SHOCK :
2. On the 2nd and 3rd page, Virgil mentions “plasma” and “lightning balls”. These are real electrical phenomena. Search for some information on them and, in a few sentences, tell what they are.
3. Tell 2 things that SS does by controlling his electromagnetic field in this story. Decide whether each of these seems to conform with or violate what you know about electricity and fields and justify your decision.
If you have finished early, start to prep for the test on my Notes & Study page.
Labs #4.7 (Curved Mirror & Lenses) , #4.8 (Color Mixing) and #4.9 (Casting Images) due
Friday May13th.
If you want to get ahead of next week's work, start reading chapters 27 on Quantum Theory and 28 on Atomic Physics and start correcting the last test on light.
Test on Magnetism and Waves Weds April 20
PS 4.1 Waves & Sound due Tuesday April 19
Read Chapter 14 on WAVES. Skip pages 376-80. Start on p381 .
After reading pages 381 - 385:a. Define all terms in bold type (stamp Tuesday) (30pts)
b. do Practice Problems #15 & 16 on p.386 (stamp Weds) ( 10 pts)
Read WAVE BEHAVIOR on pages 387-391.
c) Do Chapter Assessment p. 396 # 30-34, 75, 76, 80, 89. (30 pts)
d) Score 80% on the UTexas test review on magnetism & Waves by 6pm Tuesday for 20 pts.
e) Test Corrections (10pts)
BONUS Signed grade report (+1 bonus point)
Lab 4.1 on Tuning forks and 4.2 on Water Waves due Friday 4-15.
All 3 magnetism labs due Friday.
Engineering Expo; this Sunday April 3rd at White Plains High School
http://www.beanengineer.org/
Lab 3.7 on parallel circuits due Friday, April 1
PS 3.4
http://tzphysics.wikispaces.com/file/view/Current+Reading0001.pdf
THEN on looseleaf,
a. write out all boldface words and their definitions from 385-388. (first stamp on Friday)
b. Do problems #1-6 on page 388, showing all work, formulas and units. (stamp on Monday)
(Note: odd problems have answers in margin so you can check if you are doing it correctly)
c. Read pages 389-390. Solve problems 9 - 14, showing all work (stamp Tuesday)d. Read page 391. Draw circuits and solve problems #15- 17 on page 391.e. Test Corrections
Physics is Magic.* * * * * * * * * * Magic is Strange.
P.S. 3.3 VOLTAGE due Monday 2/29
a) Watch the first 5 minutes of the video on voltage ("electrical potential difference) athttp://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/regents/videos/ElecPotDiff/ElecPotDiff.html
Write out the solutions on looseleaf to sample problems 1,2 & 3 that he takes you through. (Stamp Weds).
b) Read 569-572 on Voltage. Solve problems (showing work) for problems #21, 22 and 23 on page 572 (Stamp Thursday)
c) Read about Millikan's Experiment on pages 573-574. Answer questions 26, 27, 28 on page 574 (Stamp Friday)
d) Read page 575-578, then answer questions # 63 and 65 on page 585.
Lab 3.4 Equipotentials & E Fields due Tues Mar 1
Test 3.2 on Weds Mar 2: Electric Fields, Current and Voltage
Lab 3.3 on the Generator due Friday Feb 26^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^O:LD STUFF ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ STOP HERE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lab on Charging the Electroscope due Weds Feb 17
Problem Set 3.2 Chapter 21 Electric Fields Due Monday Feb 22
a. Correct test 3.1b. Read pp. 562-564. Answer questions #1-3 on p. 565. Stamp Weds
c) Read pp. 566-572. Answer questions #21-22 on p. 572 Stamp Thurs
d) Read pages 573-577. Answer questions #61 & 62 on page 585. Stamp Fri
e) Answer questions 44-47 at the back of rthe chapter, page 584.
Test Thursday Feb 11 on Electrostatics. Lab reports due Friday
Problem Set 3.1 * Ch.20 Static Electricity * Due Tuesday Feb 9e
Midterm is Weds 12:30 in GYM.
See Notes & Study page for practice.
All of the Jan 19-22 work and optional Star Wars extra credit is due by Friday Jan 22 (close of marking period)
Collision lab: due WedsProblem Set 2.8 Momentum Due Jan 29th and counts for 3rd marking period.
a. Read pages 228-233. Answer questions #1-4 on p. 233. stamp Tuesday.b. Test corrections.
c. Read pp. 236-237. Answer questions #13-16 on p. 238. Stamp Thursday
more to be announced
Problem Set 2.7 Conservation of Energy Due Weds
Read pages 285-287, the do problems #1 and 2 on page 287 (stamp Monday)Read pages 288-290, then do problems 4 & 5 on page 291.
Read pages 291-296, then do problems 15 & 16 on page 297 (stamp Tuesday)
Test on Energy THURSDAY . .
Lab 2.9 on POP-UP TOY duer FRIDAY
Extra credit due last day of quarter (before midterm week begins)
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Problem Set 2.6 ENERGY & WORK Due Friday Jan 8.
Read pp. 257-265.Then do each part for 25 points each.a. Solve problems #1-3 on p. 261. (Stamp Monday Jan 4) - 25 pts
b. Solve problems #9-13 on page 264. (Stamp Tuesday Jan 5) - 25 pts
c. Test Corrections (25 pts)
d. Read from the review book (purple paperback) pages 49-57 and answer #18- 22, on page 55 and #24,25,26,27 on p. 57 on looseleaf, showing formulas, units and work. 25 pts
c. UTexas in class Monday 50 pts for getting 75% correct.
Monday; Hand in lab and problem set.
Tuesday: TEST on Circles & Gravity
PS 2.3
The National Science Foundation is offering a contest for students to create a comic strip or video about a superhero with nanotechnology-enabled gear
See
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/gennano/
Test 2.1 on Monday 11/23 on Vectors in 2D.
Extra help sessions added Friday before and after school and Monday the day of the test from 7:45 -8:15.Lab 2.4 Inclined Plane due Friday Nov 20
Parent teacher night message for parents:
Because I teach college on Tuesday nights, I can't be at the Tuesday night parent-teacher meetings. Please let your parents know that if they would like to meet or talk, they can email me and we can arrange an alternative opportunity to meet.
ThanksLab 2.3: Fan Cart : Force on Angles due Monday , Nov 16
Lab on String Tension at Angles due Thursday Nov 12.
Problem Set FORCES part II: due Tuesday Nov 10. It counts as the first Problem Set in Quarter 2
a. Test #3 Correction (including skipped #3) (10 pts)
b. Read about FRICTION on pages 126-130. Solve problems 17-20 on page 128 showing work and units.(stamp Monday Nov 2).(40 pts)
c. UTexas. Get at least 70% correct on FORCES 2 by 4pm Tuesday ( 50 pts if 70% correct)
Last week of marking period 1:Test #4 on Friday Nov.6.
Lab #7 on Springs due Monday, October 26.
Test on Forces on Thursday October 29th.
Be able to explain and apply Newton's 3 laws of motion. Everything we've learned about forces in class is testable. Power points are posted on the Notes & Study page as well as extra practice questions with answers.
Utexas on FORCES due Tuesday night by 11PM NY Time (midnight Texas). 80% correct gets you a 100 as a problem set #5 grade.Office hours this week will be Tuesday & Weds 3:00- 3:330 pm.
If you didn't take test #2 Tuesday, be ready to take it Thursday in class.
TEST #2 on TUESDAY Oct 13th See Notes & Study page for review materials.
Its on solving problems with all 5 motion equations and using graphs of distance vs time and speed vs time and Isaac Newton.Week 5: Rocket Lab Due Wednesday Oct 7th
No school Monday. Thank you, Mr. Columbus!
For a positive understanding of why we celebrate Columbus Day (put together by the Sons of Italy) see
https://www.osia.org/documents/IAFall09144-Columbus.pdf
Problem Set #3:
Week 4: Graphing Motion
PS #2: Read Chapter 2. Due Monday Oct 5th
a. 3 problems from last week (already stamped) 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (10 pts)
b. 3 worksheets to be given out in class. Stamp Friday for sheet #2 ("Study Guide : fill-ins). the 3 shetes are posted by clicking here (60 pts)
c. On looseleaf, do "standardized test practice" #1-7 on p. 55. Justify each multiple choice answer with a sentence or equation. (20 pts)
d. Correct all mistakes on test and staple it into problem set. (10 pts)
3 worksheets to be given out in class. Stamp Friday for sheet #2 ("Study Guide : fill-ins). the 3 shetes are posted by clicking here (60 pts)Week 3 : Motion
Lab #4 on Motion Graphs due Monday 9/ 28. Conclusions are all the patterns in what shapes represent what motions (forward, backwards, still, fast, slow, accelerating, decelerating)Test Friday 9/25 on everything we've done so far. Those absent or on field trip will finish the test during the next double period class.
Lab #3 due Monday 9/21 on speed of car.
Read p.31-36 of text book on "Representing Motion". Answer questions 49, 50, 51 on page 53 (stamp Friday)
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